Sam Zell is also one of Rauner’s biggest backers. Zell is the billionaire real estate developer who has been systematically removing President-elect Trump’s name from three of his Manhattan buildings since the election. Anti-Trump petitions were circulated at three of Zell’s buildings asking residents to join the “Dump Trump” effort.

“Our goal was, we have no interest in having any political position on anything,” Zell said. “Once Mr. Trump made the decision that he was going to enter the political scene, we looked at it and said, ‘We just want to be neutral. We don’t want to have an opinion.”

Zell isn’t the only one trying to cover his political tracks. Governors Mitt Romney and Nikki Haley have “come to Jesus” since Trump’s election and more ‘Never Trump’ stalwarts are scurrying about motivated by the carrot of plum appointments.